Ring

The Connells Ring Lyrics
1.Slackjawed

Someone tells me somethin'--
Well i'm prepared to listen.
Nothin's goin' on, nothin's goin' on.
Standing next to no one,
Well that was my intention.
Nothin's goin' on, nothin's goin' on.
But then you're back and i'm guessing it's not so bad at all.

And i've been standing slackjawed since you were here.
Yea, i've been standing slackjawed.

Something says this may be the strangest light i'll mention--
Someone left you on, someone left you on.
Saying next to nothing--the words were my invention.
Someone left you on, someone left you on.
And now you're here and i'm thinking it's not so bad at all.

And i've been standing slackjawed since you were here.
Yea, i've been standing slackjawed.


2.Carry My Picture

You never think to occupy my time,
And you never require.
And you never lean too much.
And it's always been this way.

It's wearing thin,
Your words come crowdin' in,
But i want you to know
It's the stuff that stirs me up and follows me away.

So write my name and carry my picture
There's nothing wrong.
I'm willing, i'm willing, i will lead you on.
So write my name and carry my picture, there's nothing wrong.


3.'74-'75

Got no reason for coming to me and the rain running down.
There's no reason.
And the same voice coming to me like it's all slowin down.
And believe me--

I was the one who let you know
I was your sorry-ever-after. '74-'75
Giving me more and i'll defy
'cause you're really only after '74-'75.

It's not easy, nothing to say 'cause it's already said.
It's never easy.
When i look on your eyes then i find that i'll do fine.
When i look on your eyes then i'll do better.

I was the one who let you know
I was your sorry-ever-after. '74-'75.
Giving me more and i'll defy
'cause you're really only after '74-'75.


4.Doin' You

I wouldn't bet the whale that i'd ever see
The juvenile in your eyes like the one i see.
No i wouldn't climb the highs thinking that i'd find
A reason for honesty without even tryin'.

Doin' you and being new upon it.
Seeing your fog and drive on through it.
Being you with your creature comfort.
Doin' you is like doin' time.

I wouldn't buy your time if it was for sale.
Might sic my dog on you if you brought the mail.
Don't you dream of happiness when you're feeling blue?
Never see modesty from the likes of you.


5.Find Out

You're thinking everybody needs to know
What sets you so far apart.
On a hunch i think i could show
But we'll let you keep the part.

You gotta pull it off
When we least expect it.

Really need to see your face on the wall
Of a three or four star restaurant.
Shouldn't take more than a call
You always seem to get what you want.

Gotta pull it off
When we least expect it.
Gotta pull it off...

Then we'll find out
What this is really all about.
Then i'll be the one who says 'i don't believe it.'
Then we'll find you
Like you'd always want us to,
Face the first in your own favorite way.


6.Eyes On The Ground

Really ought to check the hair.
Or maybe you don't care.
Here it comes from the side.
You could see it if you tried.

Ought to check your shoes.
Hey, how about the shoes.
Here they come from the glass,
That you walk by extra fast.

Chorus:
Don't you know that,
You need it sometimes.
Why not go and stare it down?
It's better to see it all as someone,
Who keeps his eyes on the ground.

Nearly bought it all today, like every other day.
Seeing everything so clear, watch out for that...
There's always something that almost turns you 'round.

(repeat chorus)

Don't fail me now, don't forget how,
Don't believe it, leave it.
Gonna get it gonna see.


7.Hey You

Standing back before the angels get to me,
Well it seems such a sorry waste of time.
Holding back on those who want the best for me.
I guess i can't be blamed for trying.

It's really very funny how it wears me down,
Waiting for that something.

Hey you, well i'm sorry but it's time to let you know.
Hey you, and it sounds a bit like preaching.
I'd bend over backwards to let you know.

Rolling back around the numbers on the wall,
Well it's sad 'cause i don't have much to show.
Standing back before the angels get to me,
Well it seems the better way to go.


8.New Boy

Sometimes i get the feeling things won't fall apart.
Sometimes i think it's gone too far.
Sometimes i get the feeling things seem pretty nice.
Then again sometimes i'd like to leave you twice.

Once we decide upon it
We won't fall apart.
This time i think it's gone too far.

And you get where you can't decide--
Don't ask any other.
And you get where you can't decide.

Didn't i say 'sorry.'
Didn't i say 'dear.'
Didn't i consider.
Didn't i stand clear.
Didn't you say 'new boy get down on your knees.'
Didn't i say 'trying, i'm trying, i'm trying.'


9.Disappointed

Change whatever gets strange in your aprons and your curls.
Ah, you really got lost, but you'll string it back together.
You could never make do, and your storyline is a scream.
Change whatever gets strange in your neverending...

All in all it's been quite a fall,
And these days are the days that i walk on,
It isn't that you'll understand...

If i disappointed you, i'm so sorry.
You're a disappointment too.

Fear whatever comes near to your neverlasting home.
Ah, you really got crossed and of course it don't get better.
You could never make do, and your storyline is a dream.
Fear whatever comes near to your neverlasting...


10.Burden

And once said 'please, some more'
And not even now and then.
Some place i know you swore
That you'd never go again.

I had this feeling once
That nothing was out of touch.
I found some comfort there
But that doesn't matter much.

And did we start digging around?
And did we start dragging around?

Be my burden
Christ, i'm certain i'm already bound.
I'm not ever quite together
I'm not sorted out.

You talked to me some more
And that was worth waiting for.
Sometimes i can't decide
If we're ever half alive.


11.Any Day Now

Any day now, they'll have you down any way that they please,
Sayin' just about everything.
Any day now, cuz i hear your voice, but it's not the same sound.

All the luck, just in time to see it all come and go,
There goes another one.
Everyday now, i hear the noise, it's not the same sound.
Take you by the hand and pull you around.
I hear your voice, and they watered you down.

As if anything were different in here.
All i know's i'd like to shake it off forever.
If it all turned out the way we knew it wouldn't i'd know.

...not the same sound,
Pat you on the back as they push you around.
I hear your voice and they watered you down.


12.Running Mary

I was running mary.
And the days were growing long.
And i was minding mine,
I was doing nothing wrong.

And the news you sent me.
And the bar's upon the door.
And this one caught me blind--
Couldn't stop me anymore.

Tell me how much do i forgive
'cause you laid one in on me, but i'm all right.
Tell me how much--this goes on and on.

I was running barely
And it's hard to face me more.
And i was minding mine,
And doing nothing more.